Paper-bag holder.



PATENTBD Nov; '24, 1903 w G HAAS PAPER BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1 903.

A TTORNEY N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES iatented fiovember 24, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER G. HAAS, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THE DAYTONPAPER NOVELTY 00., OFDAYTON, OHIO.

PAPER-BAG HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,179, dated November24, 1903.

Application filed March 25,1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LWALTER G. HAAS, acitizen of the United States,residingat Dayt on,in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Bag Holders; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in paper-bagholders.

The object of the invention is to provide a paper-bag holder adapted tothe uses of storekeepers doing a retail business and which occupies aminimum amount of space and presents each package of paper bags in aconvenient position to be removed from the holder one at a time withoutdisplacing the remaining bags of that particular package or the bags ofany of thepther packages.

Preceding a detail description of my invention, reference is made to theaccompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a front elevation showing myimproved paper-bag holder. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same,showin g one of the lower pockets containing a package of paper bags.Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device.

In a detail description of the invention similar reference charactersindicate corresponding parts.

1 designates an oblong rectangular base or panel which is preferablyconstructed of wood and is provided at its upper end with an eye 8, bywhich the device may be conveniently suspended against the wall in asuitable position. Secured to the front face of said panel there is aseries of outwardly-projecting shelves 2, which are preferablyconstructed of metal and which are provided with two laterally-extendingears 3, by means of which said shelves are secured firmly to the panel.

Serial No. 149,460. (No model.)

-When these shelves are so secured, there is provided a series ofpockets 7, which occupy or receive the folded ends of a series ofpackages 9 of paper bags. For the purposes of convenience the paper bagsare arranged in these pockets according to their size. For example, thelowermost pocket should contain bags of a maximum length, and so onupwardly until the uppermost pocket is reached, which should containbags of a minimum length. Bythus providing each pocketwith bagsaccording to their size the ends of each particular package will not bein a line with the ends of either the lower or upper adjacent packages.Therefore there will be no confusion in removing said bags one at a timefrom the pockets. In placing the packages of bags in said pockets, it ispreferable to fold the inner ends of the package as shown in Fig. 2, asby this arrangement any possibility of a removal of two or more bags ata time is avoided. Then so placed in the pockets, the uppermost bag ofeach package is removed and notthe bottom bag. The packages of bags arefirmly maintained in position within said pockets by a' series of clamps5 constructed of a suitable strength of wire and having their upper endsprovided with coilsprings 6, and the extreme upper ends secured to thebase in any suitable manner. The coils 6 lie immediately below eachuppermost shelf and in contact with the under sides thereof, so that thesaid shelves serve as braces at the upper ends of the clamps to maintainthem in position. By so attaching the said clamps the pressure exertedby said clamps upon the folded ends of the packages of bags is in twodirections-namely, to hold or press said folded ends of the packages of.

bags against the panel and also to hold said packages of bags firmlyupon their supporting-shelves 2. In exerting their pressure upon thefolded ends of the bags against the panel said packages are firmlymaintained in position while being removed one at a time, and inexerting pressure against the shelves, or rather the ends of the bagswhich are supported on the shelves, the said clamps maintain the foldedends of the bags in a position that insures the removal of but one bagat a time, each innermost bag, as shown in Fig. 2, being removed bytaking hold of the lower outwardly-projected end of said bag. The lowerends of said clamps are approximately the width of the shelves. Theseclamps press against the upper surface of each package of bags and holdthe same firmlyin the pockets 7 against the shelves 2. It may be statedhere that owing to the downward inclination of the shelves 2 thespring-clamps 5 are enabled to exert a pressure upon the folded ends ofthe bags, which has the effect of pressing or holding said folded endsof the bags against the panel. This, it will be understood, would not bethe case if the shelves 2 projected from the panel at right angles, for

then the pressure of the spring-clamps 5 would only tend to press thefolded ends of the bags against the shelves. Each of said shelves 2 hasa suitable notch 4: cut therein to enable the finger to engage said wireclamps 5 to raise the same when it is desired to fill the pockets. Asthe bags are removed from said pockets one at a time these clamps 5follow the package until the last bag is removed, at which time thelower ends of said clamps press against the shelves themselves and mustnecessarilybe elevated to permit of a replenishment of each pocket. Thenotches i facilitate this operation.

It will be seen from Fig. 2 that the outer ends of each package of bagswill be projected outwardly from the base or panel 1. This is animportant feature of the construction and is due to the shelves 2. Thise11- ables a much shorter base or panel to be used than would bepossible without the shelves 2 or in the event that such shelves did notproject in a proper manner from the base or panel 1. I have shown theseshelves projecting from the panel 011 a downward incline, but it isobvious that they might be made to project at a right angle from thebase without departing from the essential features of the invention,which consist in providing a number of shelves arranged one above theother and in projecting such shelves at a suitable angle from the baseto utilize a minimum amount of space to present the ends of the paperbags of each package separate and in a convenient position to be readilydetached or removed from the packages one at a time.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In a paper-bag holder, apanel, a series of shelves projected outwardly from said panel andproviding a series of intervening pockets and which are adapted tosupport the folded ends of the packages of bags, and a series of clampshaving downward pressure and adapted to press the folded ends of thepackages of bags against the panel and also against the shelves, wherebysaid packages of bags are maintained firmly in position and aremaintained upon their su pporting-shelves while being removed one at atime, substantially as set forth.

2. In a paper-bag holder, an oblong panel, a series of shelves attachedto said panel and projected outwardly therefrom, said shelves being asuitable distance apart to provide pockets for the reception of thefolded ends of the packages of bags which rest upon said shelves, and aclamp located between each two of said shelves and exerting pressure tohold the folded ends of the packages of bags rearwardly against thepanel and to hold said folded ends firmly upon their supportingshelves,substantially as set forth.

In a paper-bag holder, the combination of a panel, a series of shelvesprojected therefrom and providing a series of intervening pockets forthe reception of the folded ends of the packages of bags which aresupported upon said shelves, a series of substantially rectangularclamps between said shelves and exerting two directions of pressure, oneof which is adapted to press the folded ends of the packages of bagsrearwardly against the panel, and the other of which is adapted to pressthe folded ends of said packages of bags against theirsupporting-shelves, substantially as set forth.

4. In a paper-bag holder, the combination of a panel, a series ofshelves projected therefrom 011 uniform inclinations, said shelves thusproviding a series of inclined supports for the folded ends of thepackages of bags, a series of spring-clamps secured to said panel andexerting two directions of pressure upon the folded ends of saidpackages of bags, one of said pressures being adapted to press thefolded ends of the packages of bags rearwardly against the panel, andthe other of said pressures being adapted to press the folded ends ofthe packages of bags upon their supporting-shelves, substantially as setforth.

5. In a paper-bag holder, the combination of a panel, a series ofdownwardly-inclining shelves projected therefrom, said shelvessupporting the folded ends of a series of packages of bags, and a seriesof tension-clamps exerting pressure against said folded ends of saidpackages of bags which has the effect of pressing said folded endsrearwardly and upwardly upon the inclined shelves against the panel andagainst said shelves, and whereby said folded ends of the packages ofbags are maintained in position to be removed one at a time withoutdisturbing the entire package, substantially as set forth.

6. In a bag-holder, a base or panel, a series of shelves attachedthereto and projected outwardly therefrom, and a series of springclampssecured to said base between said shelves, said clamps having their endscoiled, and each of the said coiled ends being in contact with thebottom of the shelf above,where- TIC by said coiled ends are braced andheld in l in the shelves when said shelves are empty, 10 position by theshelves, substantially as set and whereby access may be had to elevatethe forth. spring-clamps, substantially as set forth.

7. In abag-holder, a base or panel, a series In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature 5 of shelves attached to said base, said shelves inpresence of two Witnesses.

having notches in their outer edges, and a se- WALTER G. HAAS. ries ofspring-clamps exerting their pressure WVitnesses: against said shelves,the horizontal portion of R. J. MGOARTY,

said spring-clamps lying across the notches H. H. HABNER.

